EUROPEAN & US HPC USERS WILL DIALOGUE IN MAY 04.21.03 HPCwire FLASH HPCwire ============================================================================== The HPC User Forum, consisting of high performance computing users from government, industry and academia, will hold its first dialogue meetings between European and U.S. users on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 in Bristol, UK and on Thursday, May 22, 2003, in Annecy, France. Founded three years ago to address issues of common concern to users, the HPC User Forum has grown to 130 members worldwide and earlier this month held its semi-annual meeting in Sundance, Utah with a record 96 attendees. "We invite all European HPC users, buyers and interested parties to attend these meetings free of charge," said IDC's Earl Joseph II, who serves as executive director of the HPC User Forum. "High performance computing is a global industry with a global community, but the market dynamics can vary substantially from country to country and region to region. To advance the HPC industry and to influence the direction vendors take, it's important that European and U.S. users understand each other's perspectives. That's the primary goal of this initial meeting." Joseph said the U.S. contingent traveling to Bristol and Annecy will include HPC leaders from Boeing, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, and the Army High Performance Computing Research Center, along with IDC officials. The HPC User Forum is directed by a steering committee consisting of users/buyers from government, industry and academia, and is operated for the users by market analyst firm IDC, in partnership with HPCwire. European users may register for either meeting by contacting Mary Rolph, maryrolph@aol.com. About the HPC User Forum The HPC User Forum (http://www.idc.com/hpc) is an initiative developed to promote the interests of HPC (High Performance Computing) users and buyers in industry, government and academia. The goal of the HPC User Forum is to promote communications, collaborations and ideas between users/buyers in order to help improve the overall health of the HPC industry. About IDC IDC is the world's leading provider of information technology (IT) industry analysis, market data and insight, and strategic and tactical guidance to builders, providers and users of information technology. IDC provides global research with local content through more than 600 analysts in 43 countries worldwide. IDC's WHPS (Workstations and High Performance Servers) practice has closely tracked and helped to advance the HPC market for more than 25 years. 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